Chargers-Chiefs quarter by quarter analysis

FOURTH QUARTER

Chargers 37, Chiefs 7

Key plays: Nothing much mattered at this point, but Steve Gregory did get his first career interception, setting up the Chargers for another red-zone scoring opportunity. Of course they couldn't score a TD as Antonio Gates, of all people, dropped what should have been Rivers' fifth TD pass of the game (Chambers dropped one earlier). Then, Jacob Hester blocked a punt and recovered it in the end zone, marking the first blocked punt for a TD by the Chargers since 1999.

Key stat: In 98 previous games against the Chiefs, the Chargers had won 47 games, but never had they won by as many as 30 points.

Not in the box score: Was that really Merriman running all the way across the field to stop Larry Johnson on a fourth-down play? It was vintage Merriman, unlike the player who jumped offsides twice earlier in the game.